Title:
TRAFFIC VOLUME CONTROL APPARATUS AND TRAFFIC VOLUME CONTROL METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004056726
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To control a traffic volume, while dividing a flow of a user into classes and keeping a ratio in the traffic volumes of the classes.
The traffic volume data of each class is observed, a discarding probability of the data is determined such that a ratio between the traffic volume of received data and the traffic volume of data belonging to the class different from that of the received data becomes a predetermined ratio, and the received data are discarded by using the determined discarding probability to control the traffic volume by classes of data. Thus, the traffic volume is controlled by classes while keeping the ratio in the traffic volumes of the classes.
Inventors:
TAKEI ICHIRO
ITO TOMOYOSHI
YAMAGUCHI TAKAO
ITO TOMOYOSHI
YAMAGUCHI TAKAO
Application Number:
JP2002215166A
Publication Date:
February 19, 2004
Filing Date:
July 24, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD
International Classes:
H04L47/32; (IPC1-7): H04L12/24; H04L12/56
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Koichi Washida